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[โ€“] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Fun fact: Tungsten ist W/Volfram in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish where its English name, tung sten meaning "heavy stone", originates from.

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Just to clarify, Swedish for "heavy stone" is literally "tung sten".

I don't know if it came around for non Scandinavians.